CHAPTER 3

Nobody Murders My Kooks!

"You didn't kill yourself?" asked Numbuh 4.

"I didn't kill myself. I was murdered. But I cannot remember who did it. All I remember is that the power in my room disappeared, and I was stabbed with a dagger, and then everything went black." Numbuh 3 said.

"Nobody murders my Kooks!" yelled Numbuh 4, a little too loudly. Numbuhs' 1,2, and 5 came up the stairs into Numbuh 4's room. To their surprise, they saw Numbuh 3's ghost talking to Numbuh 4.

"Numbuh 3?" asked Numbuh 5.

"Yes," Numbuh 3 said. "I am Numbuh 3." Her friends were stupefied! They haven't seen Numbuh 3 for 4 years, and she turns up now. How Numbuh 1 reacted: His mouth was open, jaw down. How Numbuh 2 reacted: He got over-excited, and fainted. How Numbuh 4 reacted: You already know if you read chapter 2. How Numbuh 5 reacted: She just couldn't stop smiling.

"Listen guys," said Numbuh 3. "There is one way you can bring me back…"

"We're listening," said Numbuhs' 1,2,4, and 5.

"You can bring me back, if you can figure out who murdered me." Numbuhs' 1,2, and 5 were confused. The doctors said that she committed suicide.

Numbuh 5 said, "Wait a minute, you mean you didn't kill yourself?"

"No, silly!" said Numbuh 3. "Listen, if we check around my room, maybe we can find some real clues."

"Alright!" yelled Numbuh 2. "Hoagie P. Gilligan Jr., P.I. at your service!"

Numbuh 1 said, "Teens Next Door, BATTLE STATIONS!" So the teens, and teen ghost, went off to Numbuh 3's room.

As they entered the room, Numbuh 4 remembered all the times Numbuh 3 forced him to play tea-party with her, by tying him to a chair. He remembered all the torture it brought to him, but he had a little fun, not because of the tea party, because he hates tea parties, but because he got to be alone with Numbuh 3.

Numbuh 2 started to search the room. He found that the blood from Numbuh 3's body was still stained on the floor, and a few footprints, in blood.

"Guys! I found a clue!" yelled the P.I. Everyone ran over to see the stains. After looking at the footprints, they could tell a little bit about who murdered Numbuh 3. There were big footprints, medium/big footprints, and medium footprints. That clue helped them figure out a little bit of who killed her. All they knew was that there were 3 people who murdered her, and they were a man, a woman, and a kid.

Numbuh 1 said to Numbuh 5, "Numbuh 5! Quickly! Get your scanner and scan these footprints so we can figure out whose they are!"

"I'm on it, Boss!" said Numbuh 5. She returned 3 minutes later, with the scanner. Then she scanned the footprints. After 30 seconds, the scan figured out whom the footprints belonged to.

"No way," said Numbuh 5.

"What is it Numbuh 5?" asked Numbuh 1. "Did it find out whose footprints they are?"

"Oh it figured out alright," said Numbuh 5. "There is only one family in the world with the size of these footprints."

"Wait, guys!" yelled Numbuh 3. "I'm back!" It was true. She was back in the flesh.

"Kuki!" yelled Numbuh 4, hugging Numbuh 3. "I will never let this happen again, I promise." Then they kissed.

"Ahem," said Numbuh 1.

"Sorry," said Numbuhs' 3 and 4, blushing.

"As I was saying," said Numbuh 5. "The family is, The Sanbans…"

(A/N: Ooh! Numbuh 3's family killed her! But, are they really her family…)